People React to Google Photos Ending Free Storage
Nov 17, 2020
Google announced that it would stop providing unlimited free storage services by next year, but what prompted the most reactions was that all Google Photos services won’t be free from June 2021.
“A remarkable 28 billion new photos and videos are uploaded to Photos every week. To welcome even more of your memories and build Google Photos for the future, we are announcing a change to our storage policy,” Google Photos tweeted.
According to the announcement, any new high-resolution photos stored in Google Photos will count against the service’s limit of 15GB of free data. After the user crosses that limit, they will have to pay INR 130 per month for a 100 GB data limit.
Google Photos Product lead David Lieb explained on Twitter that the policy needs to be changed because free backups are a huge cost for the company. Google said that all the existing high-quality content will remain exempt from these storage limits.
A remarkable 28 billion new photos and videos are uploaded to Photos every week. To welcome even more of your memories and build Google Photos for the future, we are announcing a change to our storage policy.
— Google Photos (@googlephotos) November 11, 2020
Learn more here: https://t.co/SuS34HFjAu
However, people on social media said they were very disappointed and that this would be ‘extremely painful’. #GooglePhotos trended on Twitter. Check out some reactions:
I’ve become a photo hoarder since having my son and NOW @googlephotos wants to stop offering free unlimited storage. pic.twitter.com/xyKm215dhB
— Megan (@megan_vollmer) November 12, 2020
I feel so betrayed. I just got an email from @Google saying that starting from June 1, 2021, all new photos & videos backed up in HIGH QUALITY @googlephotos will contribute to my free 15GB free storage quota. I'm so attached to you. Why would you break my heart ? Are you broke? pic.twitter.com/bGu8VOKAAA
— Muawiyath M. Didi ???????? ? (@Muavviyath) November 12, 2020
#GooglePhotos to charge for photo/video back up from June 2021 pic.twitter.com/Mfd1FN0VOQ
— ??'? ? ????? (@C_O_Y_S) November 12, 2020
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— A????a (@aamiabdulla) November 11, 2020
My whole life is in Google Photos and now I do not know how much more storage I need to buy to last...the rest of my life.
— ¯\_(?)_/¯ (@PranavDixit) November 11, 2020
— Rishi Mohan ???? (@thelifeofrishi) November 11, 2020
#GooglePhotos charging for cloud storage now pic.twitter.com/2d7NhTsRvU
— Mr. Wolverine (@MayorWolverine) November 12, 2020
Google Photos to end their high quality free backup from June 2021.
— Aayush khandelwal (@_AayuK) November 12, 2020
Le me:(@googlephotos @Google #meme #GooglePhotos #mood pic.twitter.com/JkBQyqQXbi
#GooglePhotos is going to be end of free backup storage (15GB) from 1st June 2021 pic.twitter.com/XgKyrQfE5e
— Tech Performer (@tech_performer) November 12, 2020
Google after announcing their #GooglePhotos plans#GooglePhotos pic.twitter.com/RTqBNkpAwv
— Sarthak (@Linked__List) November 12, 2020
Google presently offers a total of 15 GB free storage for Gmail, Drive and Photos.
#GooglePhotos
— Sachin???????? (@Sarcasticbf) November 12, 2020
Google Photos will end its free unlimited storage soon & now people have to buy cloud storage. pic.twitter.com/JekhCTBkz4